Nassarius micans

Nassarius micans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. micans
Binomial name
	Nassarius micans; (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
	Nassa (Alectrion) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916; Nassa (Zeuxis) pallidula A. Adams, 1901; Nassa (Zeuxis) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916; Nassa micans A. Adams, 1852; Nassa pallidula A. Adams, 1852; Nassa unicolor Rousseau, 1854; Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans (A. Adams, 1852); Nassarius unicolor (Rousseau, 1854); Zeuxis micans (A. Adams, 1852);

Nassarius micans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 24 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and Indonesia.

Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.

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